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In an area flourishing with independent nail salons, the owner of Hollywood Nails manages to craft a unique experience that keeps customers coming back. Customers say it’s Nancy Pham’s cheerful demeanor that keeps them visiting her small Lakeview shop. But one might not guess that this entrepreneur with a go-getter attitude survived a tragic...
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From Great Lakes Echo By Molly Dillon and Christa Milster The sea lamprey is one of many invasive species in the Great Lakes. These eel-like creatures suck out fish’s bodily fluids after latching onto them with their mouths. Lamprey have caused the extinction of three types of whitefish. Resource managers across the region are...
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Thousands of protesters marched Saturday from Union Park to Daley Plaza to protest Arizona’s new immigration law. The controversial law, which takes effect this summer, gives police the power to detain anyone they suspect to be in the country illegally. While Hispanics have often been the face for immigration issues in the United States,...
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An increase in the number of burglaries and robberies has sparked businesses, residents and the police to come together and take action in Hyde Park. “We needed the businesses to get involved because they see everything,” said 21st District police officer Denise Gathings, who is in charge of her district’s Safe Haven and Safe...
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ChicagoTalks.org doesn’t have a regular editorial feature; however, we are going to introduce an “Occasional Opinion” feature as our cool spring begins to slide into summer and fall into election season. If you are interested in submitting an editorial about Chicago-centric issues, please contact us. We may publish editorials or highlight and link to...
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May Day is also known as International Workers’ Day will forever be associated with Chicago because of the Haymarket Square Affair. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions set May 1, 1886, as the date by which the eight-hour work day would become a standard and organized for a world-wide strike to fight...
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